Two killed, 9 wounded in city shootings

Two men were killed and nine people, including a 17-year-old boy, were wounded in shootings throughout the city since Friday evening, authorities said.

A 24-year-old man was shot to death around 1 a.m. Saturday in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, said Chicago Police Department News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro.

The man, identified by the Cook County medical examiner's office as Genorel Martin was opening the front door of his apartment building in the 6700 block of South Throop Street from the inside when someone outside struck him with gunfire, police said.

Martin was pronounced dead at the scene at 1:12 a.m., according to the medical examiner's office. No one is in custody as a result of the incident.

An autopsy Saturday determined Martin died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.

At the scene, police officers blocked off a stretch of a sidewalk in front of the two-story red-brick apartment building where the man was found. A small group of neighbors and some family members stood on the other side of the one-way street.

A sudden loud, deep scream a block south of the crime scene startled some people in that group.

"Where is my shorty at?" yelled the man's older brother as he made his way to the crime scene, grieving. "Where is my lil' man at?"

Other family members at the scene tried to calm the man, who identified himself over and over as the victim's older brother and was upset that police would not let him inside the crime scene or say if his brother's body was still inside the apartment building.

In response to the man's screams and threats, police officers called for backup and expanded the crime scene, blocking off a bigger portion of the street with yellow tape.

About half an hour earlier at 12:25 a.m. Saturday, a 21-year-old man was found dead after being shot in the 9300 block of South Wentworth Avenue in the Princeton Park neighborhood on the Far South Side, Alfaro said.

The man, identified by the medical examiner's office as Travis L. Wright, 21, of the Wentworth address, suffered several gunshots to his chest and left arm. Police officers found the man in the back seat of a black sedan after responding to calls of shots being fired in the area, Alfaro said.

An autopsy Saturday determined Wright died of a gunshot wound to the chest and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner's office.

In other shootings:

• A 37-year-old man was wounded around 2:35 a.m. Saturday in a shooting in the West Chatham neighborhood on the South Side, Alfaro said. The man was walking in the alley in the 7500 block of South Wentworth Avenue when "several males" approached him and began to fire shots, Alfaro said. The man was hit in the right buttocks and was transported to Advocate Christ Medical Center where his condition was stabilized.

• Fifteen minutes earlier at around 2:20 a.m. Saturday, a 24-year-old man, a 21-year-old man and a 19-year-old man were wounded in a shooting at a gas station in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side, Alfaro said.

The three were standing in the lot of a Marathon gas station in the 5100 block of West Madison Street when a gray sedan drove up. An attacker got out and shot at them, Alfaro said.

The 24-year-old was shot in the right side of his torso and was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital. The 21-year-old received a graze wound to his head and was transported to John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, and the 19-year-old man was hit in the back and was transported to Mount Sinai.

The condition of all three was stabilized, Alfaro said.

• Around 12:50 a.m. Saturday, an 18-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the North Pullman neighborhood in the 900 block of East 104th Street, Alfaro said. The man was walking on the sidewalk when a "male offender" came up to him on foot and started firing shots, Alfaro said. The 18-year-old was hit in his right knee and was transported to Roseland Community Hospital by a friend. His condition was stabilized, Alfaro said.

• Two 18-year-old men and a 19-year-old man were wounded in a gang-related shooting around 11:15 p.m. Friday in the Irving Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side. The three men were walking on a sidewalk in the 3900 block of North Francisco Avenue when a green-colored sedan drove up. An attacker came out of the car and fired shots.

One of the 18-year-olds was in serious condition at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center after suffering a gunshot to the head.

The second 18-year-old got a graze wound to the head, and the 19-year-old was shot in his left hip. Both were also transported to Illinois Masonic, where their conditions were stabilized, Alfaro said.

• Earlier Friday evening, about 6:40 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was injured in a shooting in the Englewood neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened in the 6700 block of South Parnell Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Bari Lemmon. The teen was shot in the hip and was taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center, where his condition had stabilized, Lemmon said.

Police believte that the teen is a documented gang member and that the shooting was gang related. No other details were available.